Not
new on the market, but newly added to this site are these two sweet 1980
Chevrolet Blazer and short fleetside R/C bodies. These are a direct
fit for Savage and T/E Maxx trucks, but could also be used in your own
custom R/C build. Both are made by Pro-Line, and should be available
at your local hobby store, or online at
Tower Hobbies or
any other online hobby shop. Visit the
Novelties
section for more information on these, and other radio controlled squares.

If you
know me, you know I LOVE old magazine articles and vintage GM
advertisements/information. When I came across this...gulp...Dodge
sales brochure, comparing the new 1973 Dodge trucks against the 1973
Chevrolet trucks...I HAD to have it. While we all know Chevy is much
better than Dodge (a little sarcasm), it is still a neat piece of
reading and is filled with great pictures. Click
here to see the entire
brochure.

Stumbled across this article in a recent issue of
Classic
Trucks magazine, and thought it would be a neat upgrade to any 73-87.
It documents the process for installing a late model Chevrolet Tahoe spare
tire mechanism into an older truck. While the truck receiving the
upgrade isn't a square body truck, it could easily be adapted to one!
Click
here to be taken to the garage to see the full size images.

Roger
Warrick is a well know artist, famous for his automotive prints and designs.
I was lucky enough to have a friend post a picture of Christmas card on Facebook, featuring Santa Claus driving a red 73-80 "sled" while giving a
sprint car a push on a snow covered race track. I was able to find
these for sale on eBay, and now I can't wait to send these out next
Christmas to some of my squarebody friends!

Picked
up these neat T-shirt glitter iron-on's off eBay recently, both purchased by
the seller from a closed down T-shirt store. I believe these are from
the mid to late 80's. Sorry for the poor pictures, these did not scan
well so I just lifted the eBay listing photo to use here. Now if only
I could find some of those cool glitter/chrome stickers to go with them!
(please send me an
e-mail if you have some or a lead on some!)

It has
been tough keeping the website updated over the past year or so, with
updates few and far between unfortunately. With a family of five and
not much more than a single income, time and money have been the
contributing factors. While this website is free to use, maintained
and paid for completely by myself, it is becoming somewhat stressful to
upkeep and I feel as if I am not providing the quality of website I once
did. To help alleviate the financial part of it and give me that kick
in the butt I feel I need, I thought I would try something a little bit
different. From
now until December 15th, anyone who donates money to the site will be put in
a drawing for a FREE pair of cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets!
It doesn't matter if you donate $5, $10 or more, everyone's name gets put
into a hat and my kids will pick the lucky winner, who will then have a FREE
Christmas present to open courtesy of 73-87.com. Donations will go
towards domain or server fees, or even towards the purchase of content for
the site itself. Again, this is not something you have to do, but something
I personally would be appreciative of and hopefully will benefit the
visitors of the site. Please click the DONATE button below if you are
interested. Thank you!

FOR SALE
If you would like to upgrade the speakers in your truck, this might interest
you. I have designed and fabricate cab corner 6x9 speaker
brackets for all 73-87 GM trucks, 88-91 crew cabs, and even 67-72 GM trucks. These brackets
are made of heavy duty 16 gauge steel, and fit perfectly in the cab
corners...even with the bench seat all the way back. I have sold over
300 sets of these brackets so far,
and have had ZERO negative feedback on them, only positive! They have
also been featured in Custom Classic Trucks magazine. I have
spent a lot of time developing and making these, and take a great deal of
pride in them. If you are interested, or just want to learn more and
see some pictures and customer feedback, head on over to
67-72chevytrucks.com and take a look.
I also have pictures of them installed in my '73 right here on the 'site,
click
here to see them. If you are still reading this and are
interested in purchasing a set, click
here to place your order for 73-87 brackets and
here for 67-72. You can also send an e-mail to
jdrew@73-87.com
and let me know.
Made
in the
USA!

73-87 speaker brackets

67-72 speaker brackets

Some of
you may recall the Autometer gauge brackets I had for sale on here, these
are the brackets that would mount the gauges behind the bezel at the correct
angle. I no longer sell due to the fact that there are too many
different gauges and sizes on the market, it was impossible to design and
fabricate the brackets because I didn't physically have all the gauges to
take measurements from or the cooperation of Autometer to supply them.
I do have good news however, I am now offering to build the complete
assembly for anyone who is interested in this upgrade. You will need
to send me the gauges (any brand), dash bezel, cluster housing and cluster
lens, I will do the rest. The price is $250 and that includes the
brackets obviously. If you have gauges for brackets I do not have
designed, there will be an additional charge of $75 for the design and
fabrication of them. If you are interested or have any questions,
please send me an
E-mail. Pictures below are some of the clusters I have recently built, or
had a hand in the creation of, along with some feedback I have received.

PERFECT...that is how this bezel came out, Jeff's quality and workmanship
are
second to none. If anyone is looking to have their gauges done the
same way, I would not hesitate to recommend Jeff. He is very
passionate about his work and it shows. ~Bill from Pittsburgh